What is the best way to deal with those hairs on the hairline which won't stand up. They just lay on the forehead. Use product?? cut? pull out?


I know pics will help, my camera is out of batteries until tomorrow

Thanks

in my experience, those hairs are held flat to the forehead by glue or tape. Sometimes, if the glue is too thick or not dry to touch before the lace is layed down, the glue seeps up into the lace holes and keeps the hair down and clumped rather than free and full. Also, if glue is even slightly past the lace itself, the hairs are tacked down on forehead and your stuck until next try

Sometimes even if they are not stuck in the glue.. They have a tendency to lean forward. what i do is basically rub a little waxworks, or gel or anything with a little water on my finger and work the hairs backwards.

u could even went it rub it back and use a blow dryer.

Even just a tiny tiny bit of glue that you think you cleaned off will cause this. Give the front a good soaking, because remember, when your piece came in brand new the front hairs didnt do this. So I have to think it has to be some glue residue as I experience this also, letting it soak will help resolve it.

My hairline looks just like the real or fake pic just posted. Does that really look real for a hairline?

I think the new factory has a tendency to vent the front hairline straight forward if you ask for freestyle. This is unnatural. I think the front hairline should be flatback type venting no matter how you intend to ultimately style it, so you might want to order them that way.

The hair in the photo posted is brushed forward on purpose.

Hair going up and out then forward (as in the pic) is fine... that's normal. Hair going straight forward from the lace is not fine.

I think there is a certain "bias" among some of the fellas regarding comb-forward styles and bangs. If you take a good look at the non-bald public, you'll find that not everyone "exposes" their hairline. I have a comb-forward bang style basically for two reasons:
1) With my head/face shape, recession, etc., I look silly brushed back.
2) As a newb, I find the forward style to be less stressful and allow for a little more "margin of error" in certain ways. With full hairline exposure, even the most miniscule amount of lift, or attachment error, will be quite noticeable. With a little bit of length and some forward bangs, it's not as much of a concern.

Even for a comb down style, I recommand flatback.

Flatback and single hair/single knots ventilation is the best you can get for pretty much every hair style in my opinion.

Regards

Oh God,

i just ordered a freestyle 65 Percent. If it comes with full forward ventilated frontal, i will be ######!

i am praying it will be as natural as what Jake is wearing.

What I understand is freestyle is good for combing downa and back. Natural hair in the front doesnt grow from the scalp forward or backward, but somwwhat 45 degrees to 90 degrees upwards from the scalp.

I am praying that i can get something like Jakes. his is so natural.

Jammie-- You can always work with it and re-direction the hair, so don't fret too much. It's just nice to have some of these little things ironed out from the factory right from the beginning.

Once you start to wear the piece and get some adhesives stuck on the knots, etc. it DOES become a little more tough to push the hair back compared to a brand new system... so just wet it down a little and mess with it at first and see what you're dealing with and take it from there.

I have flatback with spikey front and the same probling driving me nuts.

So it has nothing to do with freestyle or the fabric knotting the front this way.

The hairs on the front wouldn't stand up from the first day, and now 1 month later it just came worse.

I still think it has something to do with the tape holding the knots in the bad direction?

Makes me wanna try a psb next time or... other fabric.

Thanks NYwig. I just got my ammo this morning;C22, 99%alcohol lace release etc, preparing to get a new life!

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I thought flatback and spikey front is the same thing?

Is yours as bad as the hair all lying down flat towards the back? This would be really stressful.

I think that flat back may look more natural for many, even when combed forward. The reason is, the forehead slopes down in the front. For most guys, the front tip of the hairline will be near vertical. Flatback is not perfectly flat, it has an angle to it. This angle, combined with the downward slope of the forehead make the hair come out upwards & forwards, unless it is styled back. End result is it looks more natural IMO.

However, with injected skin I did not like having flat back front as there was a noticable transition area with hairs pointing towards each other.

So if you get a flatback in the front its not hard to comb the hairs forward? I always thought they were gonna be locked in the backward position.

I remember MBS flatbacks from awhile ago and they really seemed to be rigidly going in the backwards direction.

and what is the diff between spikey front and flatback?

My only problem is getting that glue line perfect in the front. It has to be exactly precise, or you'll always have a few spots were the glue catches hairs, and even with alcohol it won't be perfect.. but you can just pass it off as product in your hair. But, I need to figure out a template for the glue, or just deal with that which is really not a problem since it is very minor if I do a good job as I don't use a glue template for the front or any tape markers.